As pandemic deepens domestic violence, 28 Minnesotans slain last year are remembered
In the time of the coronavirus pandemic, the shape of the 10th annual remembrance for domestic violence victims in Minnesota took a different form. And the challenges of the pandemic were also top of mind as people talked about those who were killed and the support systems needed going forward.
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May Tong adjusts a large purple ribbon with a victim’s name decorating her car as a procession of vehicles commemorate Minnesota’s 28 victims of intimate partner homicide in 2020 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Tong works for Transforming Generations, a nonprofit helping domestic violence and sexual assault victims in the Hmong community. The event was sponsored by Violence Free Minnesota, a statewide coalition of programs working to end relationship abuse. (Scott Takushi
He saved their lives : Austin mourns teen who died protecting family
Julio Cesar Guadalupe Rodriguez was killed in a domestic dispute.
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A Minnesota teen is being recognized for the heroic actions that ultimately cost him his life during a domestic dispute.
Austin resident Julio Cesar Guadalupe Rodriguez, 15, died on Tuesday after what local police chief David McKichan calls one of the most challenging and tragic calls in the city s history.
Rodriguez was stabbed to death while intervening in an attack on his 35-year-old mother, who was also seriously wounded in the incident, according to a Star Tribune report.
The defendant in the case, 27-year-old Jaime A. Vaca, is the husband of the boy s mother; he was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault this past week in Mower County District Court.
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The teenager from Austin, Minn., who died protecting his mother and siblings has been identified by his family.
Julio Cesar Guadalupe Rodriguez, 15, stopped a knife attack on his mother, Angie Rodriguez, by her husband before being fatally stabbed by the man Tuesday in the family s home.
Julio died Tuesday at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Law enforcement officials are calling Julio a hero for not only protecting his mother during the domestic dispute, but for also keeping his five younger siblings safe.
Austin Police Chief David McKichan said in a Facebook post that despite officers best efforts, they were unable to save the boy in what he described as one of the most challenging and tragic calls in the city s history.